Gallery: Zoos in the news

Robertus Pudyanto, Getty Images05.23.2014

A Borneon orangutan plays in the courtyard at Surabaya Zoo on May 13, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Robertus Pudyanto
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A polar bear jumps into the water in its new enclosure during warm and sunny weather at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. The Austrian capital expects temperatures up to 28 degrees Celsius for Thursday.Ronald Zak
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A bison calf cuddles up to its mother on May 13, 2014 at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin. Two bison babies were born at the zoo on April 21 and on May 6, 2014.BRITTA PEDERSEN
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A polar bear takes a rest in his enclosure in the Berlin zoo Tuesday May 20, 2014. Weather forecasts predict warm and sunny weather for Germany.Hauke-Christian Dittrich
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An American White Pelican displays the bump on the top of his beak, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Fla. The bump shows the bird wants to mate and will disappear after breeding season. Flamingo Gardens is 60 acres featuring 3000 species of rare & exotic, tropical, subtropical, and native plants and trees. The Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary is home to over 90 species of Florida native birds and animals, most of whom are permanently injured or non-releasable.Other animals are simply dumped at the park’s gates.J Pat Carter
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Rothschild’s giraffe Kitoja waits in a trailer to leave the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The giraffe was born a year ago in Gelsenkirchen and will be transported to the zoo in Amneville in France.Martin Meissner
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A Bengal tiger plays in the courtyard at Surabaya Zoo on May 13, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia.Robertus Pudyanto
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A one week old pot bellied pig tries to climb a stair in its enclosure on May 13, 2014 at the Tierpark in Berlin, one of the two zoos of the German capital. Since 1990 a limited company group Tierpark, the former zoo of East-Berlin, and the West Berlin Zoo.JOHANNES EISELE
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Ducklings swim in the water in a garden in Sieversdorf, eastern Germany on May 14, 2014. The fourteen ducklings are ten days old and explore the area.PATRICK PLEUL
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Prairie dog cubs play on May 22, 2014 at the Zoo Hannover with a blade of grass. A total of 17 prairie dogs were born between late March and mid-April.JOCHEN L¼BKE
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West Coast Sea Nettles swim in a tank at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Friday, May 23, 2014. Sea Nettles are found in the coastal waters of California and Oregon and catch their prey with 24 tentacles.Nati Harnik
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Two men carry Galapagos giant tortoise “Espanola” to the scales during a public weighing on May 13, 2014 at the zoo in Rostock, northeastern Germany. Four Galapagos giant tortoises live at the zoo’s “Darwineum” department.BERND WUESTNECK
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A white-faced saki is pictured in its enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin on May 20, 2014. In the wild, the animals are native to parts of South America.HAUKE-CHRISTIAN DITTRICH
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Female howler monkey Moena plays in her enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin on May 20, 2014. In the wild, the animals are native to South and Central American forests.HAUKE-CHRISTIAN DITTRICH
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Male howler monkey Taima plays in his enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin on May 20, 2014. In the wild, the animals are native to South and Central American forests.HAUKE-CHRISTIAN DITTRICH
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Two European Flamingos rest on one leg in their enclosure of the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, May 22, 2014.Ronald Zak
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A gorilla at the Henry Doorly Zoo ignores spectators as it props its legs against a viewing bubble in Omaha, Neb., Friday, May 23, 2014.Nati Harnik
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Elephants are pictured on May 21, 2014 in their outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Magdeburg.JENS WOLF
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In this May, 20, 2014 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a pair of Komodo dragons go nose to nose at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Komodo dragons will be featured in “Amazing Monitors,” the zoo’s newest habitat which opens this coming Memorial Day weekend.Julie Larsen Maher
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Two lazy lions wake up at a warm sunny morning at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, May 22, 2014.Martin Meissner
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A handout picture released by the Boudewijn Seapark Animal Park on May 12, 2014 shows newborn baby seal Conchita (R) and her mother Celia at the Boudewijn Seapark in Brugges. Thebaby seal, which was born on the eve, is most likely female and is named after Austria’s bearded transvestite and winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest Conchita Wurst. In the event it does turn out to be a male, it will be named Conchito.BOUDEWIJN SEAPARK
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A prairie dog offspring and a parent animal play in their enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, Thursday, May 22, 2014. A total of 17 prairie dogs were born between late March and mid-April in the zoo.Jochen Luebke
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Deanna, an 18 year-old Mandrill, spent this Sunday, May 11, 2014, Mother’s Day at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens caring for her new male baby which was born on April 22, in Jacksonville, Fla. This is Deanna’s fifth child.Bruce Lipsky
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Children look at dolphins in the dolphinarium in Nuremberg on May 22, 2014.DANIEL KARMANN
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Rescued dog jump in a animals shelter in the village of Drazevac near the flooded Serbian town of Obrenovac, on May 21, 2014. Hundreds of animals spent days in the flooded city waiting to be rescued. Serbia declared three days of national mourning on May 20 as the death toll from the worst flood to hit the Balkans in living memory rose and health officials warned of a possible epidemic. At least 49 people have been killed already by the worst floods in central Europe for a century and more than 1.6 million people have been hit as the river Sava and its tributaries have burst their banks, inundating tens of thousands of hectares of farmland and destroying houses and buildings.ANDREJ ISAKOVIC
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Baby pygmy hippopotamus “Lani” (L) eats with its mother “Ashaki” on May 17, 2014 at the Basel Zoo. It has been 14 years since a baby pygmy hippopotamus was last born at Basel Zoo. Lani came into the world on March 18, when it was still a little cold for her outside. Now, she joins her mother in the outdoor enclosure on warm, sunny days. Lani is one around 135 pygmy hippopotamuses in the European Endangered Species Programme.FABRICE COFFRINI
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Two Galapagos giant tortoises are pictured on May 13, 2014 at the zoo in Rostock, northeastern Germany. Four Galapagos giant tortoises live at the zoo’s “Darwineum” department.BERND WUESTNECK
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Baby gorilla Jengo play’s with the hand of female adult gorilla Kumili at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The baby gorilla Jengo was born on Dec. 2, 2013.Jens Meyer
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A four weeks old ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) plays in front of the mother in the Zoo in Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, April 22, 2014.Jens Meyer
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Great white pelicans swim on a pond at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany, on April 30, 2014.ROLAND WEIHRAUCH
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A five-month-old Polar bear cub plays with a ball in a pool at the St. Petersburg Zoo, on April 24, 2014, during the cub’s first public appearance.OLGA MALTSEVA
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In this photo taken on Monday, April 21, 2014, two of Binder Park ZooþÄôs black bears play in an exhibit in Battle Creek, Mich. Three black bears that were found alone and starving as cubs in Alaska have a new home at the Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek.John Grap
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Polar bear Uslada shakes itself dry in their enclosure at the St. Petersburg Zoo, on April 24, 2014.OLGA MALTSEVA
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In this photo taken April 14, 2014 provided by the San Francisco Zoo, is a 10-month-old red panda, the newest resident of the San Francisco Zoo. The small male panda native to the eastern Himalayas and western China will be installed in a new enclosure. His new home comes complete with a custom-made treehouse built by the crew from the Animal Planet show “Treehouse Masters.” The exhibit will open to the public on May 10.Jessie Greger
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Hogle Zoo lion trainer Tonya Matelski uses food and conditioning in training one of the two recently acquired young male lions in the Zoo’s new Lions’ Hill exhibit, in Salt Lake City, Thursday May 1, 2014. The large enclosure has heated concrete, cool grottos, and a hill with perching rocks. Lions’ Hill will be open for the public tomorrow. The larger part of African Savannah will open late May.Al Hartmann
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A camel enjoys the last weeks of his winter pelt before it drops away at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, April 29, 2014.Martin Meissner
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An elephant approaches children sitting on the edge of its enclosure at the zoo in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 24, 2014.SIA KAMBOU
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Two young camels follow their mothers on a meadow in Leibolz, western Germany, on April 19, 2014. A farmer keeps the animals atypical for the region and offers camel trekking tours.FRANK RUMPENHORST
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